Chapter 3060 Parents Official
County Magistrate Fang felt that the punishment was too light, but he turned his head to look at Bai Shan and still said nothing.
When Bai Shan first arrived, he was worried that the young county magistrate would not be able to manage Beihai County well, and might even make the situation in Beihai County worse. After all, the previous county magistrate Lu not only looked smart and capable, but he was also really smart and capable.
Bai Shan looked too young and gentle.
But when he faced the Song family and the bandits in Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village, he showed no mercy at all. He was ruthless, accurate and steady. He used the power of the salt fields and the prince to suppress the gentry in Beihai County.
He thought that County Magistrate Bai was a smiling fox, but it turned out that he was really gentle and kind. He issued a conscription order to recruit laborers, which not only improved the laborers' food, but also shortened their working time and reduced the intensity. For this purpose, they also summoned the laborers twice to stagger their service time.
Otherwise, all the conscripts in the county were serving at the same time and would have completed their service more than 20 days ago. Why would they be squatting at the intersection in the cold wind watching them dig the soil?
County Magistrate Fang thought about it and felt that a superior who was gentle to the people was always better than one who was harsh to the people. So after expressing his objection twice, seeing that Bai Shan insisted on his own opinion, he stopped worrying about it.
The five men squatted at the intersection and watched them digging, filling and grinding the soil. When the sun was about to set, the sound of a clapper sounded, and the servants standing on the road immediately dropped their tools and ran to the place where the food was stored.
Many people followed the person in front and threw away their tools. After running a few steps, they saw Bai Shan standing on the side of the road with his hands in his pockets. They couldn't help but pause, and their uneasy eyes met Bai Shan's cold gaze, making them even more uneasy.
Several people swallowed and couldn't help but glance at Bai Shan again. They saw that there was no expression on his face, but his eyes seemed colder.
They didn't know what they were thinking, they turned around and picked up the tools they had just dropped. When they came to their senses, they found him running away with his head down, holding his tools.
The people behind them saw them turning around to get their tools, and they couldn't help but turn around to get them too...
Seeing that they had all run far away, went back to get their bowls and honestly went to queue up for food, Bai Shan withdrew his gaze coldly.
Yin Huo sighed and said, "This is what it means to follow the crowd. If one person among the crowd does evil first, it can lead those around him to do evil as well. If one person does good first, it can also lead those around him to do good as well."
Bai Erlang chuckled, patted Bai Shan on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. The people of your Beihai County have always been unsophisticated. You know that. Just educate them slowly."
Bai Shan glanced at them and said, "I am educating them now."
He said, "Let's start with the rules. I don't care what they think in their hearts, but they must abide by my rules in their behavior."
Bai Shan said meaningfully: "Rules, if they are followed for a long time, they will become ingrained in their bones and become what they think in their hearts, and naturally they will be educated."
Mr. Cui, standing by, couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you punish them severely? If you let them know how to be afraid, they'll naturally behave better."
Bai Shan shook his head slightly. "No, punish them severely and make them afraid. Even if they obey the rules in their behavior, they won't agree with them in their hearts. Instead, they will think that the county's rules are wrong. Now is perfect. They don't follow the rules, and the county will punish them according to the rules. Even if they don't feel afraid in their hearts, they will know in their hearts that they are wrong!"
He said, "Since we have to abide by the rules, let's start from this county. If I abide by the rules, they will naturally have to abide by the rules too."
This series of rules made the other four people silent for a while. After a while, Mr. Cui flattered him, "Your Excellency sets an example by yourself. I am far from being able to do that. I am ashamed."
County Magistrate Fang also began to think about it.
Bai Shan has already started walking towards where the food is placed. "Let's go, let's go eat too."
Bai Shan and the others also took out a bowl and lined up behind the servants to get their food.
The yamen runner who was serving food in front saw their hands shaking violently. The servant who was holding out his bowl to receive the food widened his eyes and looked at the yamen runner in disbelief.
Bai Shan raised his eyelids and looked at the yamen runner. The yamen runner was frightened and did not want the county magistrate to think that he was abusing the runner, so he immediately scooped a spoonful of vegetables and put it into the runner's bowl, instantly filling the large bowl to a point.
The servant's eyes widened even more. Perhaps because he was afraid that the yamen runners would ask for the extra food back, he immediately ran away with the bowl in his hands. He ran to the front and got two multi-grain steamed buns. Then he turned around and walked to a place sheltered from the wind and ate them quickly...
Bai Shan walked forward with the bowl. The official who served him the food smiled at him ingratiatingly, then served him the food with a troubled look on his face.
Bai Shan also only took a large bowl, so should he get more rice or less to leave space for the people behind him to get the dishes?
I'm so confused. Does the county magistrate like eating rice more or eating vegetables more?
Bai Shan seemed to see his dilemma and walked ahead when he was about to scoop up his second bowl of rice...
The runner who served the food breathed a sigh of relief, but the runner behind him who served the food was worried...
Bai Erlang and Yin Hu were all standing behind Bai Shan, but for some reason, the officers and yamen runners were not so nervous about them.
It was obvious that these young masters were of high status, but in the end they attributed it to the fact that Bai Shan was not only the county magistrate, but also the current governor.
The five of them got their meal and found a piece of grass nearby to sit down and eat together. The guards also brought their bowls and sat near them to eat.
You have to say, this dish doesn’t look very good, but it tastes pretty good, mainly because there is either a piece of meat or a piece of oil residue in each person’s bowl.
Especially the oil residue. If anyone can eat a piece of it, he can brag about it for the whole day.
Bai Shan was very lucky. He had a piece in his bowl. He turned it out and showed it to them, saying complacently, "It seems I'm lucky."
Bai Erlang took out two pieces of oil residue and showed them to him.
Only a piece of meat was left, and it was lean meat at that, Yin Huo and Bai Shan looked at him silently.
County Magistrate Fang took a big bite of a multi-grain steamed bun. After eating it, he asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time, "Why is your Excellency so concerned about the food for the conscripts?"
To be honest, when he first received the list of service requirements from Bai Shan, he was completely shocked. He thought it was a requirement for conscripts, but he didn't expect it was a requirement for the county government.
The higher-ups directly increased the treatment of the conscripts significantly. Not only were breakfast, lunch, and dinner all included, but each meal also included an extra steamed bun and a bowl of rice, and each meal was required to have at least two dishes.
Even the ratio of whole grains and white flour in steamed buns has been increased, making the whole grain steamed buns whiter.
Bai Shan said, "Food is the most important thing for the people. Excluding this batch of conscripts, overall, has their service efficiency improved?"
County Magistrate Fang nodded. Mr. Cui said, "But this level of efficiency isn't enough to justify such a high price, right? As far as I know, even under strict regulations, such service efficiency is common."
Bai Shan said, "But they are also my people."
He said, "This county is their parent government. Whether it's building roads or water conservancy projects, the original intention is to benefit the people. So, as a parent government official, I also feel sorry for them during the implementation process. What's wrong with benefiting them? Who says military service must be a life of misery worse than death?"
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(End of this chapter)
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